Glasgow Film Festival 2019

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Eminent Monsters Eminent Monsters
Eminent Monsters and The Science Of Ghosts
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Steve Sullivan; Stars: Johnny Vegas, Ross Noble, John Cooper Clarke, Frank Sidebottom, Mark Radcliffe, John Thomson, Mike Joyce, Gaz Whelan, Bruce Mitchell, Mike Doherty, Johnny Vegas, Ross Noble, John Cooper Clarke, Frank Sidebottom, Mark Radcliffe)
Documentary about the life of eccentric comic Chris Sievey, who was a hit with his alter ego Frank Sidebottom.
Cellist - The Legacy of Gregor Piatigorsky (Country: UK, US, Russia, Germany; Year: 2018; Director: Murray Grigor)
A documentary about the acclaimed musician, once the star of the Bolshoi Opera Orchestra..
Daydream Nation (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Lance Bangs)
A Sonic Youth live concert film shot in Glasgow.
Eminent Monsters (Do No Harm) (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Stephen Bennett)
‘Do no harm’ is an abiding principal of psychiatry. It is abandoned time after time in this exploration of the profession’s collusion with state sponsored torture over the past 70 years.
The Feeling Of Being Watched (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Assia Boundaoui)
Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI — and in the process, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.
Satan And Adam Satan And Adam
Satan And Adam and Vox Lux
Her Smell (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Alex Ross Perry; Writer: Alex Ross Perry; Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn, Gayle Rankin, Ashley Benson, Dylan Gelula, Amber Heard, Eric Stoltz, Virginia Madsen, Eka Darville, Lindsay Burdge, Keith Poulson, Jeremy Sample, Alexis Krauss)
The leader of an alt-rock band struggles with her demons.
Jim Galloway - A Journey In Jazz (Country: Canada, UK, US, Austria; Director: James Cullingham)
A documentary about the legendary international saxophonist and jazz impresario who co-founded the Toronto Jazz Festival.
Satan And Adam (Satan & Adam) (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Scott Balcerek; Stars: Sterling Magee, Adam Gussow)
A documentary about two men with very different backgrounds united through music.
The Science Of Ghosts (Country: Ireland; Year: 2018; Director: Niall McCann; Stars: Adrian Crowley)
A non-linear discussion of Adrian Crowley’s life, his struggles to define his creativity, and reflections on his own persona.
Summer (Leto) (Country: Russia; Year: 2018; Director: Kiril Serebrennikov; Writer: Lily Idov, Mikhail Idov; Stars: Irina Starshenbaum, Teo Yoo, Roman Bilyk)
Love blossoms in Russia's underground alternative rock scene.
The Feeling Of Being Watched The Feeling Of Being Watched
The Feeling Of Being Watched and Daydream Nation
Vox Lux (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brady Corbet; Writer: Brady Corbet; Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Fred Hechinger, Matt Servitto, Natasha Romanova, Daniel London, Candace Smith, Micheál Richardson, Sophie Lane Curtis, Chris Banks, Allison Winn, Nastasha Strang)
A survivor of a school shooting goes on to become a pop star.
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